Bracket



Sept. 22, 1931. BECKWlTH 1,824,459

BRACKET Original Filed Aug. 2'7, 1929 Patented Sept. 22, 1931 ouis;nacxwrrn,iofino rtomgsrnit; messeorrusn'rms imacxm i Originalapplication med Amer-ravines; .BeHIPNoi SSBfZMQ Divided and this 1 I 1a,1330." Sria1 x01429312; I

ceive garment hangers for the storage of furs or the :like.Thisapplication is adlvisioniotf 1 my application Serial No.-388,762,=filedzAu- 1n=may=be secured toaa vertical wallor inanydesir'ed position, but moreparticularlyis I gustz27, 1929.

Inaccordanoe with invehtioma oantilever bracket maybe formed of mainsheet umn ,orupright supporting standard which metal members which maysimilar, and

which may have their marginal portions are;

gPOSt, suches is designated vby the numeral 1 r-in theaccompanyingdrawingsu. Ordinarily 1 the;cantileverbrackets-Qmay be arranged rangedto stiffen and reinforce the adjoining metal. The ends of brackets of.this char: acter maybe provided with holders which eoeperate. with themain sheet metal. members. and which may; include sheet 5 metal partswhich cooperate with aretainer in providing means forreceivingiandpositively holding a. horizontal element such as a pipe other in; place.The" holder preferably may: he gpLIO-Q, vided with extensions that aredisposed :be-

tweenth-e :main sheet metal members and cos operate in forming aspacenbetweentheends .o

of the latter, these sheet xmetalparits aoaf the holder having shouldersledj oining the lends of the main cantilever ,ibraeket' .iandfhavingnotched body portionsin spaced parallelism whikzhreoeizvea retainertherebettveen. Pref. erabzly suitable connecting neanspsueh as pins,wmay secure opposite 1 ends .of the {res tainer to the sheet metalpartsof the holder;

Preferably the retainer is :eurved tocooper ate with the notches inthe-sheetmetatlgpartsin-providing a substantially circular opening V toreceive the horizon PiP Q 1117 -Dihe like, i

other end my be provi I which is adapted to register with a pluralityofpeirsoif opposedopeningsimthesheetgngetai parts so that airemomblmpintmay bei dis posed in 'the:re;!1stemng openings to permitdifferent diameters.

ltlieiegccoinpanying drawings F :g. lisaperspective'yiew of. a

:parts partly in planandpartly in section;

Fig, 3isasection indicated byline 2+2 of 1-;

Fig.;;1 ;.-and F1g.- dais aperspective view of aretainer,

Lea-e11 Iembodimen't of theoinvention V 3 Flgk. 24is a View ofthebracketand related p licabilnieavrebm ri A bracket of the characterdisclosedrlhereintended for use in conjunction with-a e01 may generallybe in the vform of-a cylindrical Y in pairsiat oppositesides ofapost- 1and may bearranged ,in a row so that their outer i ends forma plurality0t aligned supports forfelon-z gate horizontal bars,-one-of which isshown I I in Fig. 2 and ;is -.d esignated by numeral Each cantileverbra.cket preferably I in ffcludes main? sheet metal members which maybeadvantageously shaped effectively to rceivetheimposed-strains, Thuseach brack t etmay .eomprise .a pair ofr'sheet metal :mem--':bers=8.havingbody-portions lof substant ala 1y. trapezoidal ,form withfa shortevertlcal,v

edge attheir outer ends and a longer vertical ledge-at their inner'endslPreferably theup- .per, edge of each member 8 may be substantiallyhorizontal and its: lower edge" may be f inclined, and these upperaandlower edges 7 are provided with outwardly and inwardly directed flangeportions 10 :and '11 respectlvely whiohtare arrangedto have their freeedges; 7

. 7 injai'zjitaposition with-eachother, (Fig.3) If desired,011.6'el'ldififbllfirlfitadmrimy bell Accordingly the bracketmay behollowand permanently bonneoted to the she t m tal;imay be-substantially: 1-shaped in" section while l-increasing in depth towardthe .post 1.;

; Preferably a suitable-sheet metal spacing 1plate l64 is disposedbetweenthetrapezoidal body portions 910i the members, 8 f Y to theprightiorpostl in amy suitable mammnenhilt'l reter t p y pl r l y f=lstantiallysemi oircirla heet j-mete 1 with oppositely disposed ears 31which. receive bolts or other elements 32, passing through openingsprovided in the cantilever brackets. The bolts may be tightened to clampthe semi-circular members 30 firmly against thepost holding theinnerends of the bracket in place. If desired but a single. bracket may besecured to the upright postby the employment of the members 30; withthis arrangement the ears 32 upon one side of the post are directlyconnected to each. other by suitable'fastening means such as boltswithout the interposition-ofia second cantilever bracket. A suitableholder 42 may be provided atthe outer end of each can tilever bracket,such a holderbeing arranged to receive and positively retain horizontalparts. and rivets which is adapted firmly-to bars of different sizes,ifdesired. 3 Theholder 42 may comprise similar oppositeshee't inetalparts '43; the inner ends of which are disposed in juxtaposedparallelismto provide extensions 47 which form a spacer bejtween't'heouter ends of the sheet metalparts 8. {Preferably suitable'fastenin'gmeanssuch as rivets 46 connect these extensions to the ends ofthetr'apezoidal sheet metal elements. The sheet metal parts 'areprovidedwith out wardly bent portions affording shoulders 45 engagingthe outer'end of the bracket 8 and they'havetheir outstanding bodyportions in spaced paralIeliSmQ Preferably the parts 43 are notched asdesignated bynu'meral'49 to providesubstantially semi-circular recesses.

I A'substantially semi-circular or hooklike retainer 50rmay haveopenings 51 and 52 at its opposite ends, the opening 51registering withcorresponding openings at the outer ends of the members 43 and receivinga pivot pin 54 in the form of'a rivet or the like. The 40,

portions of the fparts'43 adjoining their shoulders may becprovided'with a plurality ofopen'ings 39 which are adapted to registerwith the opening 52 of'the retainer and a removable pin" 35 maybedisposedyin these openings to lock the retainer in place. A cotter pin38*maypass through a diainetric opening in the end of locking pin 35 inorder to hold the latter in place.- It is evident that the locking pin35 may be selecti'vely engaged with any'oneof the pairsof openings 39 tovary the effective sizeof the opening provided by the holder 42, sothat-thelatter may readily yet 'os'itively retain bars offdiffer-j entsizes. romthe foregoing it will beevi dent that Ihave'p'rovided a simplesupport ing structure largely made up of sheet metal support hprizontatipes, barsyor the like," which may be employed for holding garmenthangers orthelike-in place.

IClaim:

1. A cantilever supporting bracket, pm vided with a holding element atits outer end, formed of ,apairof 'trapezoid'ally shaped sheet metalmembers withweb portions in the retainer.

this 22nd day 'ofJanuary thereto to form a spacer-for the same, saidsheet metal parts extending outwardly to provide hook-like supportingelements, and

a hook like retaining member'pivotally connected to the outer ends ofsaid elements and having an opening to receive a retaining pin, theportions of said elementsadjoining the sheet metal members having aplurality of aligned openings adapted to register with the opening inthe retaining element and to cooperate therewith in receiving the pm,whereby "thesupporting elements and retaining'element cooperateinjp'roviding an opening of 7 adjustable size "positively horizontalbar'or the like. I 4

2. "A. cantilever supporting bracket having a slot atitsouter amend aholding member secured to the outer end of said bracket, said holdingmember comprising similar sheet metal parts with juxtaposedextensions-disposed in the. slot at the-outerend of said bracket, saidparts havingparallel body portions spaced from ea'ch'other and notchedto provide :a .recess 1 fora f horizontal bar or the like,,and aretainer disposed between said parts and adapted 'to codper-ate with'the recess in providing an, enclosed opemng for the horizontal'bar orthelike, one'endof said retainer ,being 'pivotally connected to said partsand" the ,other end having admstable connections therewith ,-whereby theeffective size of said .opening'may be variedto accornmodate bars ofdifferent sizes 3. i A cantilever supporting bracket having a slot atits outer end, "and a holding member to retain a secured to,the,outerendof said bracket, said holding 'meinber [comprising similar sheetmetal'parts with'juxtaposed extensions disposedgin the. slot-attheouter'end of said bracket, and said parts having parallel bodyportionsspaced fromea'ch other and prov1d- .ingshoulders adjoining theouter end of said bracket, said parts being notched between theshoulders and the ir 'einds, a hook-like reme at Boston, Massachusetts,

,1930; LoUIs r; BEeKwrrH.

signed by ftainer disposed between saidparts'and co- .saidmnneaionsbeing "removable, and the other permittingtheswinging movement of 1

